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Funium Launches Facebook Game Family Village
techrockies.com
Salt Lake City-based Funium, a developer of Facebook games, said today that it has launched its first title, Family Village, on Facebook. Family Village allows users to build real family trees via the game, which features an online virtual village with ...
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"America 2049" Facebook Game Promotes Social Justice
Huffington Post
This jarring video is embedded in the new Facebook game "America 2049", an RPG (role-playing game) and ARG (alternate reality game) blend in which players must confront human-rights-themed issues that plague the nation's imagined dystopian future. ...
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UPDATED: Soaps Star Leven Rambin Will Play Glimmer In The Hunger Games
Cinema Blend
UPDATE: Hunger Games Facebook page, Jack Quaid-- son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid-- has been cast as the other District 1 Tribute, Marvel. As I predicted yesterday when Elizabeth Banks was cast as Effie Trinket, we're about to get a deluge of Hunger ...
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Cinema Blend
Woman gets 10 years for playing Facebook games while her son drowned
Geek.com
We all know that Facebook games can be addictive, but addictive to the point where you leave your 13-month old child unattended in the bath and then ignore the sounds of him drowning? Never. But one Colorado woman got 10 years in jail for doing just ...
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Farm, Chill, Whatever—It's All Cool With Facebook Game Pot Farm
Kotaku Australia
By Drew Cohen on April 19, 2011 at 10:30 AM If conventional farming simply isn't your thing—or if you're too half-baked to feign an interest in produce and husbandry—then the Facebook game Pot Farm may be just the foray into horticulture you've been ...
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New Facebook® Platform Game—Family Village Now Open to Public
Business Wire (press release)
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Funium announced today the immediate public availability of its free Facebook game, Family Village. Family Village is the first Facebook® Platform game to help players explore their real family trees while building an ...
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Playdom and NBA Digital launch NBA Dynasty on Facebook
Examiner.com
San Francisco Bay Area publisher Playdom announced today that they have partnered up with NBA Digital, a division of the NBA and Turner Sports, to release a new Facebook game called NBA Dynasty. The game features over 9000 player seasons from 1946 to ...
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DealBook: A Myspace Founder Builds Again, Buying Game Companies
New York Times
"Initially, a lot of energy was spent on games on the Web, through platforms like Facebook," said Shervin Pishevar, the founder and executive chairman of Social Gaming Network. "But over the past year, what we've seen is that a lot of that activity is ...
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New York Times
Zynga Removes Second-Ranked Mafia Wars From MySpace
Gamasutra
by Kyle Orland [Social/Online, Business] Zynga has removed its popular text-based crime simulator Mafia Wars from MySpace, effective Monday, directing players to a Facebook-connected version of the game at MafiaWars.com instead. ...
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Please Recommend Game Rant on Facebook
Game Rant
The first details on the multiplayer modes for 'Uncharted 3′ have been released, as has news on the game's upcoming multiplayer beta. Many players were initially skeptical when Naughty Dog first announced that Uncharted 2 would include online ...
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Game Rant
MXP4′s Bopler Games Opens Revenue Stream for Musicians By Letting Users Pay ...
Inside Facebook
By Josh Constine Social music app developer MXP4 is launching Bopler Games, a standalone Facebook canvas application in which users play a suite of games that revolve around licensed music. Bopler Games creates a new revenue stream for musicians by ...
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Exclusive: Playfish Ending Playfish Cash, Going (Almost) All-In On Facebook ...
Inside Social Games
With Facebook requiring all games to implement Credits after July 1, Playfish saw an opportunity to improve user experience across all its games while meeting Facebook's requirement that it use the virtual currency. Because Playfish partnered with ...
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PopCap sees big bucks from Facebook; are more games on the way?
Games.com News (blog)
by Brandy Shaul, Posted Apr 18th 2011 10:13PM PopCap Games, the popular developer behind Bejeweled Blitz and Zuma Blitz on Facebook, has announced its revenue for 2010, stating that the company earned $100 million, with 14% of that coming from the ...
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Red Wings Celebrate Goal With Radio Tactic on Facebook
ClickZ News
For last Wednesday and Saturday's playoff games, a team rep appeared at an AT&T store in Detroit. While there, the Red Wings posted a Facebook message stating that the first five people who arrive at the store and mention the post will get a pair of ...
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Look Out Skype! T-Mobile Powers Facebook VoIP
GigaOm
Bobsled is powered by Vivox, a VoIP solutions company that has offered voice chat in video games and within Facebook since 2009. With the new Bobsled for Facebook application, available as a download today, the service enables Facebook's more than 500 ...
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Mystery Manor on Facebook: A getting started guide
Games.com News (blog)
by Kellie Cardwell-Winters, Posted Apr 19th 2011 11:00AM Take your chances in the Mystery Manor or Facebook, developed by Game Insight. In this hidden object game you are trapped in the Mystery Manor and will need to search through the various rooms ...
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MLB Ends Live Streaming On Facebook
The Business Insider
MLB was providing a live game feed to select spring training games that could be watched directly via the MLB Facebook page. I thought this was a pretty big step for the league, which generally maintains very tight control over all of their digital ...
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VCs see tough and exciting landscape for game start-ups
VentureBeat
What I think will happen is that, instead of playing a game in Facebook, Facebook becomes the new retail store front. You find the users on Facebook and play the games off site to your own destination where you have more control over the application ...
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5 Tips for Building Your Facebook Pawn Stars Fortune
Wired News (blog)
By Chris Kohler Facebook games like FarmVille are all about acquiring an impressive collection of virtual items, but in History Channel's Pawn Stars: The Game , the goal is clearing out your hockshop's inventory of used goods. ...
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Wired News (blog)
Research and Markets: Social Gaming: Market Updates 1Q 2011
Business Wire (press release)
As more than 200 million people play games on Facebook every month, social gaming has exploded to become the most visible category of online gaming, said Pietro Macchiarella, Research Analyst. Today, a significant share of the population lists games ...
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Microsoft Cuts Back on Indie Game Vote Spam
GamePro.com
The change seems to be tied to concerns over Xbox Live Indie Games developers, notably the makers of College Lacrosse 11, "gaming the system" by using Facebook to encourage other users and fans to vote en masse for their game, though this had the side ...
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Frima Studio Garners Four Nominations for Best Games
IGN
The Facebook game also received a nomination in the 'Games and Animation' category of the OCTAS. Since its debut in December 2010, Pocket God has grown exponentially, attracting more players every month. To play Pocket God on Facebook, ...
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Where are you going for dinner today ? : Diner Rush – iPhone App Review
iPhone Footprint
I have been a great fan of simulation games after I discovered some really addicting games on facebook. Diner Rush is the latest restaurant simulation game on the app store , developed by [X]CUBELABS and stands 7 th of the Top 10 Free apps chart . ...
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Apple hit by lawsuit over in-app purchases by kids
WIS
WRAY Volkswagen and WIS are giving away a Volkswagen Jetta S to one lucky WIS facebook fan! AP National Video More>> By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Apple is facing a lawsuit from a Pennsylvania man whose 9-year-old daughter ...
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Opinion: Apple's move to ban Tapjoy and Flurry is incredible
Pocket Gamer.Biz
Conversely, Offerplay, which bought Tapjoy in March 2010 and then took its name, had a very bad reputation for its incentivisation methods on Facebook and MySpace. One of its biggest clients was Zynga, which had games such as FishVille pulled from ...
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HTML5 gaming comes to Facebook with Resortico
Gamezebo
The HTML5 aspect makes the game much more notable, however, as the markup language makes it possible to play the game on devices other than your desktop or laptop computer, unlike traditional Facebook games. So you'll be able to bring your resort with ...
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The Games Businesses Play With Customers
Fast Company
Check-ins and shouts can also syndicate to Twitter and Facebook to unite multiple networks with one action. But, that's only the beginning. This time, Crowley and team employed a clever system governed by game mechanics evoking a spirit of competition ...
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FCPR baseball and softball cancellations announced
Fayette Observer
By Jaclyn Shambaugh Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks and Recreation has canceled games this week for teams based out of some of its rec centers. FCPR announced Sunday via Facebook and Twitter that all baseball and softball games scheduled through Friday ...
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NBC, Versus Sign 10-Year Deal With NHL Worth $2 Billion
mediabistro.com
NBC will carry a national "Game of the Week and the Winter Classic. Versus will carry a national "Game of the Week," along with the All-Star Game, NHL Premiere Games, NHL Facebook and any future NHL Heritage Classic games. The NBC Sports Group will ...
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Glu Mobile launches another social iOS game - Men vs. Machines
IntoMobile
Since this is a social title, you can add your friends from Facebook and Game Center to help you out along the way. An array of available weapons and armors is there, some of which are earned as your progress in the game whereas some others – bought. ...
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FarmVille inspires price drop in console games; is this a new standard?
Games.com News (blog)
by Joe Osborne, Posted Apr 18th 2011 6:05PM THQ, creator of the famous Saints Row and Red Faction franchises, has succumbed adapted to Facebook games like FarmVille. Escapist Magazine reports that THQ CEO Brian Farrell said that THQ is offering the ...
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Meet the 'Hunger Games' Cast! (PHOTOS)
Celebuzz
Check our Celebuzz's guide to the ever-growing Hunger Games cast and let us know who is your favorite in the comments! Follow Celebuzz on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr for more celeb news and photos!
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Quepasa Games Introduces Wonderful City, a New City Building Game Localized ...
Marketwire (press release)
The official launch is planned for May, and in partnership with Mentez, a leading social game publisher in Latin America, the game also will be launched on Orkut and Facebook. "We're excited to introduce Wonderful City as the first social game ...
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Direct2Drive Launches All-New 'Like Saver' Promotions, Exclusively on Facebook
Gamasutra
Each week, Facebook fans must unite to unlock special deals on highly acclaimed games from a number of D2D's top tier partners! From Monday through Thursday each week gamers must visit D2D's Facebook page, click on the Like Saver app link, ...
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Jack Quaid and Leven Rambin Cast as Marvel and Glitter
TheHungerGamesMovie.org
Via the official The Hunger Games Facebook page, Lionsgate has announced the casting of Jack Quaid as Marvel and Leven Rambin as Glitter (both from District 1) for The Hunger Games movie. Jack is the son of actors Dennis and Meg Ryan and Leven has ...
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Capcom creates social smartphone sub-brand Beeline
Gamezebo
Now the publisher is giving these games a home of their own through the creation of a new publishing sub-brand, Beeline. "Capcom recognizes that the market for social smartphone games is very different from our core video game business," said Midori ...
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Telltale's Connors: Licensing Isn't Dead - Nowhere Close
Gamasutra
Telltale's not talking details, but the developer has signed a multiyear deal for the gaming rights – including those on Facebook. Unlike other Telltale games that have an arching theme over the episodes, the L&O:LA game will be more self-contained. ...
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Gamasutra
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) Launches Online "Free Runner" Game for a Heart-Pounding ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The game builds on past successes of a number of RB's social media initiatives. Last year's success of the "poweRBrands" game on Facebook showcased how social media games are a great way to raise corporate brand awareness among graduates and ...
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Elizabeth Banks: Another 'Hunger Games' casting?
Los Angeles Times
The film's production company, Lionsgate, announced two additions to the cast Monday on a Facebook page about the film: Thresh and Rue will be played by two Hollywood newcomers, Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg.
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WeeWorld Launches WeeMee Life App for iPad(TM)
SYS-CON Media (press release)
WeeWorld, the social engagement platform for teens and women, runs WeeWorld.com and a range of social games and applications on mobile and Facebook. With more than 45 million created through a variety of social platforms, the WeeMee is the #1 portable ...
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AdoreGames.com to Launch Full Version of Adore Puzzle
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Now it is easier to follow the company's news on Twitter and at the same time the latest news is posted on the company's Facebook page. AdoreStudio welcomes everyone to see the games which are under development at the moment and to share their ...
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Pacers lose Collison to ankle injury
Yahoo! Sports
... down two games to none to the Chicago Bulls, is listing him as day-to-day. AJ Price(notes) and TJ Ford(notes) took over at point guard. Collison has till Thursday's Game 3 to rehab his ankle. Don't forget to follow Scoop du Jour on Twitter or Facebook.
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And the NCAA Football 12 cover athlete is...
Examiner.com
Votes were taken through the Facebook page for NCAA Football 12. This is going to be a busy week for NCAA Football 12 coverage according to the game's executive producer Roy Harvey. Plenty of screen shots are expected in addition to more details about ...
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How Mark Zuckerberg Can Fix Our Federal Budget Deficit
Forbes (blog)
But I do know that he was smart enough to realize that most of us are idiots, preferring to check out each other's Facebook photos and play games like FarmVille than read a book or have a simple conversation. So if he's smart enough to do that, ...
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Forbes (blog)
Sonic Generations
games.on.net
By Toby McCasker - Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:08am - Sonic's official Facebook page teased us with the possibility of a speedy new hedgehog game a couple of weeks back, and now it's official: Sonic Generations is coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3. ...
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Easter Guide: FarmVille, FrontierVille, CityVille & more
Games.com News (blog)
Much like other holidays, for Easter you can expect all your favorite Facebook games to roll out unique themes, updates, and specials for their festive Easter celebrations. Right here is the best place to learn about Easter deals, limited edition items ...
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Buzztime Releases Mini Trivia Bar Games and Player Polls
PR Newswire (press release)
For the most up-to-date information on NTN Buzztime, please visit www.buzztime.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter. This release contains forward-looking statements which reflect management's current views of future events and operations, ...
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